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Spring Green, Wisconsin

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring Green town. It lies in ZIP code area 53588. The Survey maps it on the Spring Green quadrangle. 1,828 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.

Spring Green within Sauk County

On record in Spring Green

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Spring Green between 1992 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMERCER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sauk County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spring Green: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Larson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spring Green Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sauk County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Green in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1997Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$80,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$50,000Numerous large trees were toppled along with power lines.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$40,000Law enforcement officials reported trees downed by powerful thunderstorm winds that gusted to an estimated 65 mph (56 knots) in Spring Green. One building was damaged by a falling tree.
July 2008LightningSpring Green$20,000Lightning struck a home that srated a minor fire. There was some damage. Time is only estimated since newspaper article didn't specify the time.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$15,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$5,000Several pine trees down and a door damaged on a barn.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$5,000Powerful downburst thundestorm winds gusting to a measured 52 knots (60 mph) gust at the Lone Rock Airport (LNR) ASOS unit toppled large trees. A couple power-lines came down with tree debris.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Spring Green$5,000This tornado in Sauk County was a continuation of the "Clyde" tornado from Iowa County. It crossed into Sauk County at 1626CST at a point 4 miles west-southwest of Spring Green, or 1.0 miles southwest of the intersection of Kennedy and Dyke Roads. The tornado continued northeast 3.3 miles and dissipated at 1633CST about 2.3 miles NW of Spring Green, or 0.7 mile north-northwest of the intersection of Pearl Rd. and STH 14/60, just short of CTH G. Only tree, power-line, and some crop damage was noted, resulting in a F1 rating, with estimated wind speeds of 64-97 knots (73-112 mph). This tornado was well photographed. Average path width was about 50 yards.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$4,000Scattered tree branches down, some large, in Spring Green.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$2,000A few trees down in Spring Green.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$2,000Large trees were uprooted.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Spring Green$2,000This tornado spun up at 1630CST about 1.5 miles south-southwest of Spring Green, just inside the Sauk County line on the Wisconsin River. The tornado headed north-northeast for about 1.9 miles and dissipated at 1633CST about 0.5 mile east-northeast of Spring Green, on Rainbow Rd. just west STH 14. Minor roof damage in the village of Spring Green was noted on a couple buildings, and some large trees were uprooted, resulting in a rating of F1, and an estimated wind speed of 64-97 knots (73-112 mph). Average path width was about 50 yards.
May 2018Heavy RainSpring Green$1,000About a dozen roads closed throughout the county due to flooding.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-Small tree branches down in Spring Green.
July 2015HailSpring Green-Gusty winds estimated at 50 mph with the falling hail.
May 2025HailSpring Green-no account filed
March 2016HailSpring Green-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-no account filed
May 2004HailSpring Green-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-no account filed
May 2002HailSpring Green-no account filed
June 2002HailSpring Green-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sauk County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oak Ridge Estates0.8 miles11
Plain7.3 miles11
Black Hawk9.9 miles19
Loreta11.9 miles11
Witwen12.2 miles19
Leland12.8 miles19
Denzer15.1 miles19
Loddes Mill15.4 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Spring GreenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2046759The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1574650. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.